defiant
Example Sentences
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She published a photo of a bullet hole in her car’s rear bumper—and a defiant manifesto.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The paper says he has fired a "defiant warning to critics".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Grande’s defiant self-control over her image is something for them to celebrate, even worship.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
But Iran's chief negotiator in talks with Washington, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, struck a defiant tone.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
He, wheeling once above them, screamed the hawk’s scream of defiant rage, and then shot on across the low beaches of Osskil, out over the breakers of the sea.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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